Understand Operation: Understand the operation to be performed.We need to divide 81.38 by 10 raised to the power of 3 (103).
Recall Property: Recall the property of division by powers of 10. Dividing by 10n means moving the decimal point n places to the left.
Apply Property: Apply the property to the given problem.Since we are dividing by 103, we move the decimal point in 81.38 three places to the left.81.38÷103=0.08138
Verify Result: Verify the result.Check that the decimal has been moved the correct number of places.Original number: 81.38After moving the decimal three places: 0.08138The decimal has been moved correctly.
More problems from Convert between standard and scientific notation